Review of Buried (2010) by Dave H — 21 Jun 2013
A film that is much more than it's gimmicky premise, due to a great lead performance, and stunning directorial innovation/cinematography. Filming is enclosed places is easier said than done, and just as tough to do well as expansive exteriors.
Cortes is extremely creative here with his set design, camerawork, lighting - and especially sound design. Everything - including Reynold's convincing, desperate performance - sells a catastrophic setting, that I can BELIEVE the film gets away with for 90 minutes.
Only the use of music is (a little) fumbled, unnecessarily overdone. Dialogue-wise, it's nothing special either, but thematically (representing the little guy's abandonment by the modern military-industrial complex) it's valid, and depressing.
What it is most though, is clever, cinematic, Hitchcockian scriptwriting and direction: suspenseful and twisty and hopeful and grim. It's also just 90 minutes of a guy in a box, so be prepared for that.
This review of Buried (2010) was written by Dave H on 21 Jun 2013.
Buried has generally received positive reviews.
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